Category: Gent

Tango classes in Belgium, starting in Sept 2015

The new tango season starts and we have again collected all the tango classes in Belgium. You can browse by region, by day and by level. Le nouveau saison de tango démarre et nous avons de nouveau regroupé tous les course de tango en Belgique. Vous pouvez consulter par région, par jour et par niveau. […]

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Broken Tango in Belgium

BROKEN TANGO 2.0 springs from the purest and darkest soul of the city to eventually arrive to the latest forms of interpreting tango in the particular R.E.A Dance Company’s way. We didn’t want to get stuck to the original and traditional tango, but to show how that early twentieth century dance has continued to live […]

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Photos: Terra Tango @ Gent

Terra Tango opened last weekend in the Capitole in Ghent. The tango show was created by Vincent Morelle and featured 8 dancers and the excellent Cuarteto SolTango. We saw a lot of excellent dancing, inspired by Vincent & Maryline’s theatrical style, with interesting elements like back screen projection and acrobatics. I took some pictures from […]

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Announced: Terra Tango, Sept 2012

With a suitcase of misery at their feet, an immigrant from the mainland dreamt of a new departure, a new start. Through a century of tango music, the Soltango quartet paints its own universes. Torn between the extremes of sorrow and longing, of resignation and rage, of passion and love, the dream reveals itself; it […]

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Liz & Yannick European champions Tango Salon

Lieske De Vuyst and Yannick Vanhove, a Belgian tango teachers couple, have won the European championship of tango salon in Rome. They also made it to a second place for tango escenario. The jury had a number of tango legends amongst its ranks: Maria Nieves, Carlos & Rosa Perez, Pancho Martinez Pey, Fernando Gracia & […]

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Tango meets Design @ Gentse Feesten

The Tango DJ community from Gent (Ben, Jeema, Mjee, Dirk & El Flaco) have organised a series of milongas during the Gentse Feesten. Here are some of the pictures!

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Milonga de Gante 2

The second edition of the Milonga de Gante was again a success. Astrid and Koos gave a workshop before the milonga, DJ Nina (aka DJ Mala as she was known in Sofia) played some excellent tandas until 1AM and got lots of compliments in return. Ilse and Ludo can be proud of their event, it […]

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First Milonga de Gante

Last weekend was the first edition of ‘Milonga de Gante’, a new monthly dance event started by Ilse and Ludo. In one of the better lighted neighbourhoods in Gent, we were welcomed in a part-time film studio with some pretty decoration. We also got a demo by Koos & Astrid, who will be giving a […]

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Belgian couple in the Mundial de Tango

There was a Belgian couple from Gent in the Mundial de Tango 2009 in Buenos Aires. I hadn’t heard from the Belgian qualifications (two years ago it was called the Tango Marathon) and to be honest, I have never seen the dancers, Yannick Vanhove & Lieske De Vuyst, before either. Seems there must be an […]

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Photos: tango at the Gentse Feesten

During the Gentse Feesten, there was a short milonga every day, with well-known DJs like Dirk, Ben and Marie-Jeanne. Here some pictures from the mentioned MJ and from Ferre Van Beek.

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Announced: Tribute to Madonna – 3rd edition @ Gent

For those of you who missed it in March: Sarahcademy does another two performances of “Tribute to Madonna – Dancing Queen”, again in Gent, during the “Gentse Feesten”. Several tango dancers from the Brussels/Ghent scene participate in tango/salsa/linedancing choreographies on music by Madonna. Time goes by … so slowly! Still, order your tickets today here.

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Announced: Tribute to Madonna @ Gent

For those who missed the previous edition in Brussels: there will be another opportunity to see the “Tribute to Madonna” show that features several dozens of dance enthusiasts showing their skills in salsa, oriental, bollywood, disco, flamenco, hip-hop and of course tango. The show is created by Sarah Cavenaile (Facebook), a familiar face in the […]

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